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// The Griffon Empire 
// Story: Fighting Never Ends 
// by Tx Avenger 218 
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“Date: November 15th of the year 1998. Time: 0800 hours.
At this time, I start my journey of diplomacy, or something like that, to the provinces of the Griffon Kingdom and Zebrica. My job: A threat was made to Equestria one month from today and it is my job to find out who sent it. All leads within Equestria were exhausted and now we are forced to branch out to the other places around to try and find some clue as to the source. We do not think the culprits are the leaders of any of the countries; otherwise they would have attacked and taken us by surprise rather than let us build up our defenses… or maybe that’s what they wanted. I don’t know.”
 
I pause the tape recorder so I can collect my thoughts. Slowly breathing in and out, I continue:
 
“Whether they are cocky or not remains to be seen. In any case, I am to find any sort of group, movement, or anything of that nature purely tailored to the hate of ponies. I have the support of the king of the Griffon Kingdom, King Tiberius Onyxclaw, and the Chieftain leader of the largest tribe of Zebra’s in Zebrica, the Akowans. As long as I don’t pry, snoop, or do anything to them that might promote disdain or hatred to both myself and the country of Equestria, things should go without a hitch… hopefully. I also have- Wait, looks like I got company. Journal entry end.”
 
I stop the tape recorder and slip it into my pocket before grabbing the controls with both hands. I spot two flying objects heading straight for me. With an abrupt entrance, they both land on the wings of my plane roughly, forcing me to straighten it out before I crash into the ocean below. I flip the autopilot on and slide the cockpit open. Now I can perfectly see the two armored griffon soldiers staring at me with surprise, confusion, and anger.
 
“I am the Champion of Equestria!” I below over the rushing wind, and to make sure I mean business. “I am authorized to be here at the Griffon Kingdom and I demand why you nearly made me crash?!” I yell as I turn to the both of them from left and right.
 
“We were never told of anything coming to our empire! And even if we were, the Champion of Equestria is supposed to be a pony. Not some strange creature such as yourself.” The left one says. I clench my teeth in anger at his tone. I feel something cold on the side of my neck. I turn to see the right griffon pointing spear directly at me.
 
“Turn around at once or your life shall be forfeit.” He sternly says. I look back between the two a few times.
 
*Sigh* “I don’t have time for this bullshit.” I mutter to myself and drop down onto my seat, followed by closing the window.
 
“Hey!”
 
They rear their spears back but before they thrust, I flip off the autopilot, making the entire plane jerk down. I go into a slight nose dive to pierce through the clouds below me until I can see the water, and the Griffons’ city in the distance.
 
“Yes Argh-“ Before I can count my blessings, something slams into my plane. I look to the side and see one of the griffons trying to tear off the wing of my plane. I spot the other one above and groan. Twisting the controls, I perform an Aileron roll to shake off the griffon on me and keep the other one away. “Whoa. Easy now.” After doing a couple twists, I level out so I don’t start seeing double and end up crashing into the water. Already the empire is much closer but the griffons are still hot on my tail. To prevent them from trying to throw their spears if they decide to do it, I perform a barrel roll to really throw them off me. Definitely would make peaceful negotiations a wee bit harder if I end up killing their border guards. When my destination is as close as I prefer, I stop and begin my descent. Thank the many gods that I practiced.
 
As I increase my descent, I take note of my destination. You wouldn’t know it’s there if you didn’t notice the large double doors in the front of the mountain, the large slits and caves along the mountain, and the massive black tower sticking out at the top. Similar to the dwarves, it seems they built their city within a mountain. Looking away from the main part of the city, not much I can see of anyway, I notice a fair number of houses and buildings made of stone and wood construct on the outside. Along the side of the mountain, I manage to spot a nice long flat plot of land for me to land safely, hopefully.
 
Easing my way down, I manage to land somewhat smoothly. The landings a little bumpy but it’s the best I got at this point. The sputtering of my engine comes to a slow halt once I turn the engine off and stop.
 
“Phew… that could have gone better.” Because of the twisting and turning I did in the air, my hat got flung under my seat and my swords along my lap. Grabbing those items and putting them on, I open up and jump out onto the ground roughly.
 
Just as I stand up, half a dozen spears come to my neck. Standing perfectly still, I see the heavily armored griffons behind the golden tipped spears just a few inches from my neck. Well, this is definitely an interesting welcome party.
 
“I need to see your leader.”
 
“You will speak when spoken to creature!” the griffon directly in front of me yells, tightening his grip on his spear.
 
“I have authorization to be-“
 
“Quiet!” the griffon behind me pushes the spear against my neck.
 
I tighten my fist and pop my knuckles in the process out of anger. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I. Don’t. Have. Time. For. This. BULLSHIT!!
 
In the blink of an eye, my swords have been drawn. The griffons step back at the quickness on how I pulled out my weapons.
 
“Don’t move.” The first one shouts but with a slight bit of hesitation in his voice. Slowly, I bring Redeemer in my right up. “I said don’t-“ before he can finish, as soon as the tip of my sword touches the tip of his spear, it pops off. With an audible smack, the end falls and lands on the ground… followed by the rest of the spears. Now defunct, the scared griffons drop their useless sticks and back up.
 
“My patience has run thin enough as it is. I’ll repeat my question: I need to speak to your leader,” I point Redeemer forward at the first speaking griffon. “Now.”
 
“I-I-I-I…”
 
“Then speak.” The griffon soldiers around me turn their attention to behind the stuttering griffon. Three griffons walk up, all the griffons around me bow to them and part ways for the three to come to me.
 
The first on the left is slightly smaller than the one in the middle but he wears a suit of platinum armor, covering his chest and back but with space to allow his wings to spread forth and back with ease. He’s also equipped with iron claws over his regular talons, no doubt to add more killing power to his attacks. Another characteristic to note is the tips of the feathers on his head are dyed red.
 
The middle one walks with purpose and pride as we stand just a few feet from each other. He wears an ornate crown on his head, not the ones that are massive and completely covered top to bottom in jewelry, nothing like that. Gold bands adorn around his talons as each and every one of his claws, talons and paws, are black as the night itself. Around his neck is adorned with an albino fox fur and a massive diamond jewel in the center of his necklace.
 
It doesn’t take a genius to figure that this is legendary King Onyxclaw.
 
Lastly, this griffon is more heavily armored than any griffon, or any creature for that matter, than I’ve seen. I can just see the tip of his beak over the steel helmet he wears, he has a giant axe strapped to his back, his steel plated armor has various scratches and claw marks adorning the front. I also see small hit marks on his chest on the side, representing his kill count… he has a biiiiiiiig kill count. His claws are equipped similarly like the first griffon but minus the steel claws.
 
In relation to height, the griffon king is the same height as me but the left being slightly smaller by a couple inches and the heavily armored griffon is a bit taller than me.
 
“King Tiberius Onyxclaw?” he nods. I sheathe my swords and give a slight bow. “Swift Wind. Champion of Equestria. Bearer of Redeemer and Galaxy. Guardian of Ponyville-“
 
“Defeater of Discord. Yes I have heard much of your exploits.” He finishes up my introduction. “I was told of the reason you are here and am here to cooperate.”
 
“Yeah,” I smirk, “You sure have a funny way of showing your cooperation.” I motion with my hand at the surrounding griffons and broken spears.
 
“Quiet! You will show respect to the king or else!” The heavily armored griffon steps forward and grips the handle on his axe.
 
“Really?” I sarcastically say. I grip galaxy with my left, “Is that a threat?”
 
“Enough, Marcus.” The king brings his talon in front of the heavily armored griffon known as Marcus to stop him. The griffon looks at the king for a second, before glaring at me for a second. He calms down and steps back while releasing his axe. “Forgive him. My general has seen battle many times as it is. He just wishes for us to not be fighting two wars at the same time.”
 
“Two wars? I wasn’t briefed on the situation here either.” I ask.
 
“The Ligers, as usual, try to usurp my kind. There hasn’t been an official declaration of war with them as of yet, just skirmishes and confrontations every so often.” King Tiberius explains. “But having unspecified attacks on one side, and another from the sea wouldn’t exactly be in the best of our interests. Even if they are ponies.”
 
“I guess I can understand your situation. But in any case, I’m not looking for any type of confrontation between my country and yours. I just… really would have appreciated a better welcoming party than nearly crashing in the ocean.”
 
“Forgive us. We’ve stretched out our forces enough as it is. We couldn’t get to every single guard we had stationed out over the waters. I apologize for that.”
 
“It’s fine. Let’s just not make it a habit then huh?” I finish.
 
“Of course.” He looks around a sec, “How about we retire to the castle. It’s starting to get a little stuffy out here and I don’t think my soldiers would like the idea of me being so open to attack.” On cue, I look at the soldiers around and see most of them being more than a little on edge.
 
“Yeah, you’re probably right. I just hope no one tries to mess with my ride.” I motion to my plane.
 
“Well, whatever that thing is exactly, you parked it close to the city so some scouts and archers can keep an eye on it.” He offers. I nod in approval of the proposition. He turns to the side and raises his talon to gesture me forward between him and the griffon on his left. “Shall we?”
 
“Let’s.” I reply and step forward.
 
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
 
We freeze at the sudden but loud banging noises clearly audible around us. The soldiers get out their claws ready to attack while the general moves to shield the king and the other griffon. I pull out my S&W 500 and aim around to try and find the source of the sound.
 
*Bang* *Bang*
 
The noise sounds particularly close for comfort.
 
A tapping on my shoulder leads me to the griffon that was next to the king. He points to my plane as the bomb bay doors move with the banging noises. What the fuck?! Damnit.
 
“Stowaway.” I mouth the words to the prince. He nods and slowly we move forward. The general stays with the king as the soldiers back us up. The banging continues even as we stop just next to it. Slowly I reach forward and keep my hand just at the gap of the doors. I glance at the others around. All of them nod their readiness as they ready their claws.
 
Slowly, I mouth the countdown from 3 until in rapid movement, I pull the doors open and out pops…
 
I stare different feelings stirring around in my head, mostly anger and annoyance. “What… the fu-“
 
“Sorry Swift!” Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Twilight push past us and over to a bunch of separate boulders, where the sounds of retching follow suit. As the first 3 empty their lunches, I turn back to Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy, which they look queasy as well but seem to manage.
 
“Geez Swift. Easy on the flying.” Rainbow groans out as she and AJ rub their heads. Fluttershy has trouble actually staying on her hoofs.
 
No words.
 
Nothing really tangible comes to mind as I stare at the separate groups of ponies.
 
“Ow. Well, that could have gone better.” Twilight grunts as she and her throw-up friends come back to rejoin the group.
 
“Indeed it could. I still don’t know how Pinkie was able to convince us to pile into that tiny compartment. Hardly a place fit for travel if you ask me.”
 
“But if we hadn’t gotten in there, then we couldn’t have gone with Swift and surprised him when we landed and then he would have been so stressed out that only the bright happy faces of his six bestest friends could cheer him up!” she looks at me. “Surprise!” she yells, randomly throwing glitter, streamers and confetti on me.
 
“Um, Champion? May I ask who these ponies are?” The king asks as he slowly walks up to us with Marcus still right next to him.
 
No words.
 
I gave them orders, and even asked with a please. But they stowed away.
 
“Um, Swift?”
 
I slowly I holster my gun and continue to stare.
 
“Swift?”
 
I carefully pull a streamer of the top of my head with a flick.
 
“You alright, dude?”
 
I tense my hands every few seconds as I do everything in my power to keep calm.
 
“Um, Twilight? Is his eye supposed to be twitching like that?”
 

<<<>>> 

 
“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?! I asked you, I ‘pretty please’ asked you to do one thing for me. And that was to fucking stay home!”
 
“But-“
 
“Shut it Pinkie!” she recoils. “Do you not know what kind of impression I just made on the king because of you?! Not a very good one!” I cut them off before they could interrupt. “Things like that may be all fun and games and even harmless back in Equestria… but this isn’t Equestria! These griffons aren’t ones to play games, especially not at this time!”
 
I stop to take a breath of air.
 
“Geez, Swift. Lighten up.” … Rainbow, I like you, but sometimes you really know on how to make things complicated for me. I stop breathing and slowly look at her.
 
“Rainbow… do you all know where it is that you were hiding in?” I calmly ask them.
 
“Obviously not a passenger seat.” Rarity says with a flick of her hair.
 
“You're right about that part. Did you happen to see anything big, cylinder-like, and possibly red-tipped?” I continue my fake calm demeanor.
 
“Ooh! I did!” she happily shouts, then recoils immensely at the stare I give.
 
“What did you do it?” I ask while getting really close to her.
 
She audibly gulps, “W-well, I-I didn’t know what it was. S-so I just started tapping at the red tip to see if I can find out.” She nervously explains.
 
Anger, a whole lot of anger right now. “Was- was that bad?”
 
Breathe in, breathe out. “Pinkie… that thing you were tapping… was 1000Ib bomb. I have two, and six rockets, plus a ton of ammo. Not a whole lot would make much sense right now to you, but think of this,” I start with a smile, “If that thing would have gone off, we would all be dead… because the explosion would be big enough to decimate half of Ponyville.”
 
As I let all the info sink in, my friends now grasp the situation they were in as they were thrashing about in my plane, and the tapping. Not to mention, the diplomatic situation as well.
 
I look to the blue Pegasus, “That’s… why I can’t lighten up.” I grunt in Rainbow’s face. She stops hovering and falls to her hooves. I turn around and head straight for the door out of the room.
 
“I need to tell the princess about this and get you back home.” I grip the handle.
 
“Now hold on their-“ I swing the door open and step outside before turning back to the farm pony. My stare may not be able to rival Fluttershy’s, but it’s enough to make Applejack back off.
 
“Stay… here.” I sternly but still calmly ask of them. With that, I slam the doors closed and lock them in the room King Tiberius was kind enough to let us use so we don’t make a scene out in the open.
 
“Uhh, god damnit.” I groan. With a thunk I lay my head against the door and calm my nerves. I really didn’t want the girls here whatsoever. I don’t know what’s going to happen now, especially after the situation I caused in my anger towards the girls in front of the king and all.
 
I push myself off the door and go to the table set up next to the door. It has my bow and arrows on it, plus some parchments, a quill, and ink. Hastily I write a letter to the princess on the situation before tying it to the arrow. I open up a nearby window and look down at the massive city. Even though it’s in a mountain, it’s pretty hollow. The griffons are definitely skilled when it comes to building their cities. I take aim at a nearby hole in the mountain, and fire. A small glow trails my arrow before it disappears into the air and out the mountain. Hopefully that did go through. Closing the window, I walk a few feet before I collapse onto a chair. But in case that didn’t, I still got Ferus.
 
“Everything alright?” I look up at the source of the voice to see that same griffon again staring at me.
 
“Honestly, I wish it was better. I’m sorry my friends decided to stowaway in my ride. I didn’t mean for that to happen, I swear.” I try to defuse any hostility he may have towards me or my friends abrupt entrance.
 
“Hm, my father is alright with the unexpected visitors, but we would have much preferred to be notified ahead of time.”
 
“Father?” I ask in confusion.
 
“Right, we didn’t have much introduction since you got here. I am Alan Hawkeye. Son to King Tiberius Onyxclaw.” He finally introduces himself.
 
“So that’s who you were. I knew you were important but didn’t know how much.” I say, “but yes, my friends are clearly new to this place. Just as I am.” I look at him sternly. “But fault is on both fronts of the situation. I would have preferred to have been properly notified on my arrival instead of nearly having to maim your guards.”
 
We narrow our eyes at each other at both of our arguments.
 
“Listen, I don’t want you to do anything to interfere with our way of life here. This isn’t that pony land-“
 
“Equestria.”
 
“Equestria… my kingdom is far from it. Be careful on your stay here or otherwise things will get complicated really fast. Any hostility against you is the same against Equestria, for some reason.” He quietly adds the last part. “But that doesn’t mean you can come here and do whatever it is you wish. Forceful eviction has been ordered to all the troops should the situation be deemed necessary.” After his ‘threat’, he shoulders me and walks right past me.
 
I clench my fists. Son of the king or not, I hate that guy. I turn around.
 
“Also,” I turn back, “My father has invited you and your friends to a feast.”
 
I raise an eyebrow, “Really?”
 
“Yeah. My father thought it would give you and your friends a chance to clear the air.”
 
“Hm,” I think, “That… would be a welcomed opportunity. I accept.”
 
“Great, I’ll tell my father.” Without another word, he walks away. I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic with the ‘great’ part but I forget it.
 
Now another problem. I have no idea where to go.
 
A passing guard with a spear catches my attention.
 
“Excuse me.” The guard stops to acknowledge me, “I need to head to a restroom. Could you tell my friends that are supposed to meet in this feast hall and I’ll meet them there?”
 
“Of course sir. I was just on my way to find your pony friends anyway.”
 
“Great.” After the scorning I gave my friends, I don’t think I would be the best at presenting this opportunity. “My friends are in the room with the double doors over there.” I point to the doors.
 
“Thank you. And the feast hall is down this hall then your first left, take a right at the end and the restroom should be right there. Keep going down the hall to reach the feast hall.”
 
“Thanks.”
 
“Anytime.” He replies and we go our separate ways. He heads to the girls door while I head to the restroom. I have to admit, in my anger induced mind I never did get the chance to properly examine my surroundings. Unlike Canterlot, torches adorn the walls around me and the walls are made of jet and quartz rock materials while long columns of marble pillars were present as well. The windows aren’t side by side by any means. Instead they are separated by several feet of blank wall, even sporting a torch in every other section available. The windows themselves are a different story entirely. Most can be opened when pleased to allow a little fresh air, however the plain windows have another feature I am particularly fond of. At the top of each window stands a shutter of steel and iron as tall as the window below it with a string attached at the top. If the castle were to be attacked, whether by civil war or enemy invasion, which the latter kind of seems unlikely considering the only means to get in would be the front doors, the windows would close and utterly seal the windows with near impenetrable metal. The cracks on the side of the mountain could be used as another entry point, but you would need transportation and a lot of protection to stand up to the arrow, ballista, and catapult fire.
 
After I freshen up in the restroom, my next destination is the feast hall. Upon opening the doors, I’m greeted by the sight of a massive table with all my friends already seated. I can’t really make out the type of wooden table they are using because of the white cloth on the top but it seats 5 people on each side and someone at each end of the table. At the end sits the king, on his right in order is his son, Twilight, Fluttershy and Applejack. On his left, an empty seat, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. They all seem much happier than from when I was blowing up at them just a few minutes ago.
 
Slowly I walk over to them. The random conversations die down only slightly but still somewhat lively. “Champion, over here. We saved you a seat right here.” Tiberius motions to the empty seat next to him and Dash. I give a weak smile and sit down. “The chefs are already beginning to prepare our meals.”
 
“Thank you, and please don’t call me Champion every time. Just Swift will suffice.”
 
“Very well. While we wait, would you be willing to explain on exactly what it is you are here for?” The King asks. I go to say something, but turning to the side and seeing all my friends, I stop.
 
“Sorry your majesty. Not while my friends are here. This is on a need to know basis.” Wow, never thought I’d be saying that.
 
“Aw come on!” Rainbow groans. “I hate being in the dark like this. Come on, tell us what’s up.” Rainbow tries to push the subject.
 
“Yeah, let us in on the details. I promise we won’t say anything.” Pinkie loudly asks of me. I shake my head.
 
“Sorry.”
 
“Aw.” Pinkie groans.
 
I turn to the king and Alan, “Hopefully they won’t be here for long. I already sent a letter to-“ In a small flash, my arrow and a letter appears in front of me. “Speak of the devil.” I mutter. I take the letter and place the arrow down.
 
“What was that?” Alan quickly asks.
 
“Later.”
 
Dear Swift Wind,
 
I’m sorry to hear of the predicament you are in. I also wish to apologize that transportation to pick up the Elements of Harmony are halted for the moment. A small mishap at the Rainbow Factory near Cloudsdale resulted in a massive spread of clouds over a 53 mile radius. While the stragglers of the clouds are easy to round up, a large sum of them mixed in with the Everfree forest clouds and passed over the ocean between Equestria and the Griffon Kingdom. The result being is massive gusts of wind, large tidal waves, and hazardous thunder strikes nearly every second. Any and all weather ponies we are able to muster are currently working on the storm as you read this. From a few days to a week at best we should have the situation return to normal.
 
Best regards,
 
Princess Celestia.
 
I roll up the letter and groan.
 
“What is it? What did the princess say?” Twilight asks.
 
“A mishap at the Rainbow factory sent clouds scattered over Equestria. Some mixed in with the Everfree Forest so they glided over to the ocean and now a massive storm got created.”
 
“What?!” Rainbow angrily yells.
 
“Yep. So until the storm dissipates,” I look towards my friends. “You’re stuck here.”
 
Silence follows. My friends weren’t supposed to be here. In the short time I’ve been here, the Griffon Kingdom is clearly different from Equestria… how different, I can’t really say.
 
“Ah, here’s our food.” On cue, some griffons walk in, each carrying a few plates on their outstretched wings. With ease, they place plates of some salads and fruits in front of my friends. While the king and his son receives… steak.
 
Steak… oh my god… I forgot so much…
 
As soon as the plate is placed in front of me, I grab the griffon’s wing. “What the hell is this?”
 
He looks at the plate of salad in front of me for a second before turning to me. “Is this not what you like? Do you have a preference?”
 
Looking at my friends, then to the meals in front of the king and his son, I answer:
 
“Yes, I do.” I push the plate away from me towards my friends before looking the griffon in the eyes. “Get back there, and get me the biggest, juiciest, fucking steak you got.” I pull him closer till our foreheads are touching. “Understood?”
 
He gulps, “S-sire?”
 
“Get what he wants.” The king answers.
 
“Y-yes sir.”
 
“Good.” I gently but forcefully push him away. “Now go.” I command in a low voice. The griffon hastily gets to his feet and scrambles towards the kitchen doors.
 
The silence from before resumes almost immediately due to the scene right now. My friends don’t eat, neither do the griffons present at the table. My friends are probably too stunned to eat at the fact that one of their friends is about to eat meat right in front of them.
 
This trip has already started off badly so much. At this point, I don’t really care.
 
“H-Here you are.” The same griffon I scared the shit out of returns with my plate. True to what I asked, the steak in front of me is the biggest I’ve seen. It’s only slightly bigger than the kings.
 
“Thank you.” He moves away from me as my mouth begins to water at the sight. For months, nearly a year, counting both Equestria and Earth years, I haven’t had anything that looks nearly as good as this. Grabbing my utensils, I cut a piece off and hold it to my mouth for a few seconds.
 
My friends look mortified.
 
The king and his son just stare.
 
I eat.
 
The flavors long forgotten invigorate my taste buds.
 
I turn to my friends, “I like it.”
 

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“How could you do that?! How could you eat meat?!” Twilight shouts at Swift. The rooms that the king provided them are somewhat simple. He provided Swift his own to use during his stay in kingdom, and the one they are currently in has six beds for his friends to sleep in. “Answer me!”
 
“It’s in my kinds nature. We are omnivores. We eat both meat and vegetables. For too fucking long I’ve lost sight of that taste and I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to indulge myself.” Swift sternly tells Twilight. He backs up and lies against the wall. “Besides, you weren’t supposed be here, remember?”
 
“That doesn’t matter! You ate meat. Something that was once alive and breathing just as you!”
 
“Whatever it was before, it would have killed another animal! Who’s to say that this wasn’t some giant carnivorous creature that could have killed a family?!”
 
“You don’t know that! It could have been a simple little deer trying to get by and you loved the taste of it!” Twilight spat, “It’s disgusting!”
 
“Oh well excuuuuuse me for not finding a ton of plants and grass edible. I’m just trying to get by!” Swift continues his debate with Twilight while flinging his arms in the air. As the debate ensues, Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash try to go to bed but can’t because of the other two going at it. Pinkie meanwhile is wearing a referee uniform and putting tally marks down between the two on a scroll. “And how is it disgusting?! That was one of the most beautiful smells I have smelled since I came here to Equestria.”
 
“It was once a living creature! It smelled awful!”
 
“Umm… Twilight…” Fluttershy tries to catch the unicorns attention.
 
“It wasn’t awful! I almost cried when I saw the king and his sons meal!”
 
“It was murder!”
 
“…Twi-“ The shy pegasus speaks a little louder but gets cut off.
 
“Murder is killing a creature with sentient intelligence that can actually talk to us. That meat was never able to talk to us!”
 
“How do you know that?!”
 
“Twilight.” Fluttershy finally gets a word in loud to catch the unicorn’s attention.
 
“What Fluttershy?”
 
“You shouldn’t get mad at him.” The debate between the individuals ends as they both turn towards her. “He’s just trying eat what he’s meant to. We can’t force him to change his eating habits or what’s right for his body.”
 
“Thank you, Fluttershy. And now that you, Twilight, have lost this battle, I am going to go to my room and fall asleep. Goodbye.” Swift happily states and starts walking towards the door before grabbing the handles and opening them. Silence is left in the room at the sudden turn of events. Swift backs up into the room and even tracing his footsteps. “I’m sorry… but did I hear her right? Was she cool with me eating meat?”
 
“Yes, you were.”
 
“You… Fluttershy, were alright with…”
 
“I’m not… fully, alright with it… but it’s the circle of life. I know Mr. Bear is a carnivore so… sometimes a deer would get too injured or sick from the Everfree Forest and they would…” she gulps, “pass away… the family’s of the deer’s would let me have the bodies, so I was able to feed most of my carnivore animal friends without them having to hurt or… kill, other cute little animals, or even ponies.”
 
They both stare at the pegasus, flabbergasted that the one pony, the shyest, kindest, most easily frightened, and caring creature in the entire universe… understands the need to eat meat.
 
“I… wow. I don’t… wow.”
 
“IIIIII…”
 
“It’s getting late. We should get some sleep.” Fluttershy gently takes to the air and hovers over to her bed before tucking herself in.
 
“Yeah, yeah she’s right. Luna’s done her job now so now it’s time for us to get some rest.” Swift says before walking to the door. “See ya later, Twilight. Goodnight.”
 
“Goodnight, Swift.”
 
He opens the door and closes behind him. Instead of walking away to his room, he stands there.
 
“Holy hell.”
 

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Still making some progress. However my semester in college is going to end in less than a week so chances are I will probably be a little behind on my work.
 
I’ll do what I can to continue writing as much as I can, but I felt I should tell you just in case.
 
Anyway you know the drill at the end of these. Still looking for some feedback folks.